Two weeks ago I attended the annual meeting of CEIPI tutors. The
announcement of the very high pass rate in the EQE pre-exam caused some
surprise. There was a 99% pass rate with 72% of candidates achieving a
mark of 80-100/100.
Does this mean that the exam was too easy and failed
to achieve its declared objective of filtering out unprepared
candidates,? Or does it mean that well-prepared candidates can achieve a
high pass rate if confronted with questions that are set at a realistic
level?
In any event, the pre-exam had a subsidiary objective of improving the
quality of results in the main EQE by encouraging candidates to begin
their exam preparations earlier. In my opinion, it is very likely that
this subsidiary objective will be reached. To what extent, we should
find out in the next couple of years.
